The Politics Of Contemporary Ethiopia
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The Politics of Contemporary Ethiopia
Author | : Yohannes Gedamu |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2021-07-22 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781000411935 |
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This book investigates the role of ethnic federalism in Ethiopian politics, reflecting on a long history of division amongst the country’s political elites. The book argues that these patterns have enabled the resilience and survival of authoritarianism in the country, and have led to the failure of democratization. Ethnic conflict in Ethiopia stretches back to the country’s imperial history. Competing nationalisms begin to emerge towards the end of the imperial era, but were formalized by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) from the 1990s onwards. Under the EPRDF, ethnicity and language classifications formed the main organizing principles for political parties and organizations, and the country’s new federal arrangement was also designed along ethnic fault lines. This book argues that this ethnic federal arrangement, and the continuation of an elite political culture are major factors in explaining the continuation of authoritarianism in Ethiopia. Focusing largely on the last 27 years under the EPRDF and on the political changes of the last few years, but also stretching back to historical narratives of ethnic grievances and division, this book is an important guide to the ethnic politics of Ethiopia and will be of interest to researchers of African politics, authoritarianism and ethnic conflict.
Reconfiguring Ethiopia The Politics of Authoritarian Reform
Author | : Jon Abbink,Tobias Hagmann |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2016-04-22 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781134916115 |
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This book takes stock of political reform in Ethiopia and the transformation of Ethiopian society since the adoption of multi-party politics and ethnic federalism in 1991. Decentralization, attempted democratization via ethno-national representation, and partial economic liberalization have reconfigured Ethiopian society and state in the past two decades. Yet, as the contributors to this volume demonstrate, ‘democracy’ in Ethiopia has not changed the authority structures and the culture of centralist decision-making of the past. The political system is tightly engineered and controlled from top to bottom by the ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). Navigating between its 1991 announcements to democratise the country and its aversion to power-sharing, the EPRDF has established a de facto one-party state that enjoys considerable international support. This ruling party has embarked upon a technocratic ‘developmental state’ trajectory ostensibly aimed at ‘depoliticizing’ national policy and delegitimizing alternative courses. The contributors analyze the dynamics of authoritarian state-building, political ethnicity, electoral politics and state-society relations that have marked the Ethiopian polity since the downfall of the socialist Derg regime. Chapters on ethnic federalism, 'revolutionary democracy', opposition parties, the press, the judiciary, state-religion, and state-foreign donor relations provide the most comprehensive and thought-provoking review of contemporary Ethiopian national politics to date. This book is based on a special issue of the Journal of Eastern African Studies.
The Politics of Ethnicity in Ethiopia
Author | : Lovise Aalen |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2011-06-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9789004207295 |
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Ethiopia s unique system of ethnic-based federalism claims to minimise conflict by organising political power along ethnic lines. This empirical study shows that the system eases conflict at some levels but also sharpens inter-ethnic and intra-ethnic divides on the ground.
Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia
Author | : Gérard Prunier,Éloi Ficquet |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781849042611 |
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"Seeks to dispel the myths and clichaes surrounding contemporary perceptions of Ethiopia by providing a rare overview of the country's recent history, politics and culture. Explores the unique features of this often misrepresented country as it strives to make itself heard in the modern world"-- Publisher description.
The Culture of Power in Contemporary Ethiopian Political Life
Author | : Sarah Vaughan,Kjetil Tronvoll |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Ethiopia |
ISBN | : 9158686118 |
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Locating Politics in Ethiopia s Irreecha Ritual
Author | : Serawit Bekele Debele |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2019-08-26 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9789004410145 |
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In Locating Politics in Ethiopia's Irreecha Ritual Serawit Bekele Debele gives an account of politics and political processes in Ethiopia as manifested in Irreecha celebrations over the years.
Ethiopia in Transit
Author | : Pietro Toggia,Abebe Zegeye |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2013-10-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781317982074 |
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The writings in this edition explore historical and contemporary issues in Ethiopia as the country underwent change and celebrated its new millennium. However, despite the recognizance of socio-economic and political changes, Ethiopia still faces enduring problems and challenges to its stability and continuity. The political past haunts the country while it is facing the future with optimism and hope. The contributors in this edition examine historical and contemporaneous issues with different lenses; they investigate the multiplicity and complexity of the contradictions that define traditional and modern Ethiopia. The contributions highlight the significance of the instability, dislocation, conflict and transformation inherent in any society. None of these writings, however, celebrate the forces that create the conflict; they are cautious not to glorify the present and romanticize the past. On the contrary, they seek to contextualize the challenges which the country faces with a view to open a dialogue, not exclusively among Ethiopians, but with scholars and social activists in the rest of Africa, as well as the international community. The contributions cover and examine such important topics as historiography, political power and legitimacy, ideology and radical views, knowledge transmission and modernity, emigration and the Ethiopian Diaspora, ethnic and linguistic identity, patriarchy and feminist discourses in a traditional society, public policies and economic development, traditional and modern art and culture, and neo-liberalism and globalization. This book was published as a special issue of African Identities.
The Puzzle of Ethiopian Politics
Author | : Terrence Lyons |
Publsiher | : Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Democratization |
ISBN | : 1626377987 |
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